Ask her if she would like you to start umpiring games. Her eyes might roll so far back they get stuck.DD complains about refs/umpires sometimes but I rarely watch so I just nod and tell her both teams had the same officials…
Ask her if she would like you to start umpiring games. Her eyes might roll so far back they get stuck.DD complains about refs/umpires sometimes but I rarely watch so I just nod and tell her both teams had the same officials…
Good grief..the world is not ready for that.Ask her if she would like you to start umpiring games.
Actually an IQ test would be more indicative.This is what happens when you eliminate the ACT/SAT from the admission process..(j/k..kind of)
You seem to have missed the part where she wasn't talking to the umpires.
Now, we don't know if this was an umpire with rabbit ears, just a guy looking for trouble, or if she was a little too loud or maybe doing one of those "Hey, I wasn't even talking to you!" passive-aggressive comments where she was technically talking to someone else, but saying it loudly enough so he could hear it. Or maybe it was a total fluke where she was just talking to someone and he happened to be walking by at that exact moment.
What bugs me is TMIB's post. Just posting the rules implies that because, technically, he's allowed to eject her (I don't think anybody questioned that) so that means he was right to do so. It's possible he was, but in most of the scenarios I can think of here, I think he deserves a diaper and a bottle for his response.
At the college level and above, I don't even think umpires should have the authority to eject except in the most extreme circumstances (a coach running on the field with a bat, threatening violence; a bench-clearing brawl, etc.). I think this is especially true at the MLB level, where I believe all ejections should be subject to a review by an independent panel and if the ejection isn't unanimously upheld the umpire is fined/suspended/barred from working playoff games. It's unnecessary and it just plays to the fragile egos of the thin-skinned umps. There are other ways to penalize certain behaviors within the context of the game.
At the youth level? Eh, eject us idiot coaches if we act up. We need to set a good example for the kids and a lot less should be allowed.
There is a (positive) correlation between SAT scores and IQ.Actually an IQ test would be more indicative.
Can you point me to that exception in the rulebook?
I'm sorry that the inconvenience of the rulebook annoys you. Please, coach, which rules do want applied and which ones do you not want applied?
[sarcasm]Coach, I understand you think your player may have just hit a grand slam to win the game, but she didn'tsay thathit that ball for me tohearwatch, so I guess it didn't happen. She's coming back to the plate and we're going to do it again. [ /sarcasm]
There has always been much debate and even much lament from umpires when the rulebook uses terms like "has the authority to" and then turns around and says "SHALL." The first gives us discretion, the second gives us direction. Mixing the two gives us trouble like this. When in doubt, err on the side of direction.
You don't like that a player very specifically and unquestionably violated the rule by making "insulting or disparaging remarks to or about opposing players or game officials," and then the umpire enforced a rule that, in the penalty section, says "If the violation occurs after the game but while the umpires are still present at the competition site, the offender shall serve a postgame 138 RULE 13 / MISCONDUCT ejection."
Sorry coach, I can't tell if you actually believe this or if you are trolling. If you don't want umpires enforcing rules, I guess quit hiring umpires for your games.
Yeah ... it may be in the rule book, but that is one section that I have never bothered to read.
Has a positive correlation between either of those ever been linked to common sense?There is a (positive) correlation between SAT scores and IQ.
Might be a negative correlation.. you seem like you have a lot of common sense..you tell me…Has a positive correlation between either of those ever been linked to common sense?
Seems like we notice the lack of street smarts more in those that have the book smarts? Maybe that just makes some feel better?Might be a negative correlation.. you seem like you have a lot of common sense..you tell me…